Germany

Chronology of Coverage

Mar. 30, 2015

Memo From Germany; deliberate crash of Germanwings plane by pilot Andreas Lubitz has challenged Germany's concept of itself as one of Europe's most orderly and rule-driven societies; Lubitz had passed Lufthansa's rigorous pilot training process, causing many to question how system failed; tragedy has raised more abstract concerns related to privacy and collective responsibility that have powerful undertones in relation to nation's modern history. MORE

Mar. 25, 2015

Sixteen students from small town outside Dusseldorf, Germany, were on board Germanwings jet that crashed in French Alps; students had spent week in small town outside Barcelona, Spain, as part of an annual exchange program. MORE

Mar. 24, 2015

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Greek Prime Min Alexis Tsipras make effort to ease tensions at start of negotiations over Greece's debt crisis. MORE

Mar. 19, 2015

Think tanks, ratings agencies and banks in Europe and United States have issued assessments of damage that European Union would sustain if Greece defaulted on its debts or left eurozone; warnings are prompted by increasingly contentious standoff between Greece and nearly every other country in union, particularly Germany, over its pursuit of anti-austerity agenda championed by Greek Prime Min Alexis Tsipras. MORE

Mar. 19, 2015

Frankfurt Judge Joachim Nickel overturns ruling that allowed UberPop to operate in Germany, ruling that drivers in ride-sharing service must hold official permits required of taxi drivers in country; restriction is one of the most severe company faces anywhere in world. MORE

Mar. 18, 2015

Germany, France and Italy announce they will follow Britain and join Chinese-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, over objections made by United States; decision is likely to help Chinese Pres XI Jinping's efforts to alter global balance of power, and raises possibility that World Bank and International Monetary Fund will diminish in influence. MORE

Mar. 14, 2015

German Federal Constitutional Court rules that female Muslim teachers may wear head scarves in school, overturning 2003 decision that led several German states to pass laws banning headcovers for educators. MORE

Mar. 13, 2015

Germany rejects calls from Greek Prime Min Alexis Tsipras to pay reparations to Greece for crimes and unpaid debts of the Nazis, insisting that reparations issue is long settled. MORE

Mar. 7, 2015

Germany passes law that will require German companies, some of Europe's largest, to give 30 percent of seats on corporate boards to women beginning in 2016; passage makes Germany latest to sign on to trend in Europe to legislate greater representation of women in boardrooms; unusually passionate debate preceded passage of law. MORE

Mar. 6, 2015

Water faucets are stolen from new headquarters of Germany's foreign intelligence service in Berlin, causing leaks and water damage. MORE

Mar. 4, 2015

Mar. 2, 2015

German utility RWE and Russian-controlled investment firm L1 Energy plan to complete deal for oil and gas subsidiary RWE Dea, in spite of objections by Britain. MORE

Mar. 1, 2015

Memo From Europe; Germany, often uncomfortable with leadership, is at center of crises over Ukraine and Greece; country has so far failed in effort to revive Minsk cease-fire deal with Russia over Ukraine and arrogant tone of German Finance Min Wolfgang Schauble in chastising Greece over its plea for a new debt deal may come back to haunt Berlin. MORE

Feb. 27, 2015

German nurse is sentenced to life in prison for killing patients after confessing that he intentionally brought about cardiac arrests. MORE

Feb. 26, 2015

German Finance Agency sells 3.28 billion euros, or around $3.72 billion, in five-year notes with average yield of negative 0.08 percent, first time in its history, which signals that investors are prepared to pay Germany for right to hold its debt; milestone comes as European Central Bank is set to begin quantitative easing to stimulate growth in European economies. MORE

Feb. 21, 2015

Survey done by data analysis firm Markit Economics shows that continuing strength of Germany's economy and strong growth in France have led eurozone economy to perk up in February 2015. MORE

Feb. 20, 2015

Germany rejects request by Greece to extend its loan program, sending country spiraling toward possible insolvency in week's time; new Greek government faces another round of stressful negotiations with eurozone finance ministers. MORE

Feb. 16, 2015

Paul Krugman Op-Ed column contends that austerity advocates who compare Greece's economic woes to Germany's hyperinflation following World War I are guilty of selectively remembering history; notes that Germany experienced worse economic and political devastation in 1930s due to Allied forces' demands for reparations; holds that Greece's creditors will worsen situation by insisting on stringent measures. MORE

Feb. 12, 2015

All sides in the negotiations on Greek debt are firm in the belief that the others will blink first. MORE

Feb. 10, 2015

Pres Obama, appearing at joint news conference with Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, signals that he will await outcome of peace talks before deciding whether to provide lethal weapons to Ukraine in struggle against Russian aggression; choice would represent significant break with European allies who oppose providing arms. MORE

Feb. 9, 2015

Memo from Munich; Sen John McCain and German Chancellor Angela Merkel disagree at Munich security conference on arming Ukrainian troops to oppose Russian aggression; crisis has reignited familiar differences over tactics, born of opposing lessons from Cold War with Soviet Union. MORE

Feb. 8, 2015

German Chancellor Angela Merkel at security conference in Munich calls for continued efforts to persuade Russia and separatist forces to cease fire in Ukraine; says providing Kiev with more weapons will only lead to more victims. MORE

Feb. 7, 2015

Turkish Foreign Min Mevlut Cavusoglu withdraws from international security conference in Germany after learning that Israeli diplomats would be attending; stresses move is not aimed at host country and says lower-level representative will be sent instead. MORE

Feb. 6, 2015

Paul Krugman Op-Ed column compares standoff between Germany and Greece over Greek government's debt to game of chicken, in which both participants threaten one another while barreling toward disaster; says moment is approaching when European Central Bank and Europe must decide whether to cut off Greece, precipitating chaos; offers hope that bank will refuse to make such an enormously risky move. MORE

Feb. 6, 2015

Greek Finance Min Yanis Varoufakis meets with German Finance Min Wolfgang Schauble, but hits impasse over renegotiating Greece's debt; Schauble is seen as Europe's main enforcer of austerity policy, and stark gulf between two puts Greece's need for financial aid in peril. MORE

Feb. 3, 2015

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, during tense joint news conference with Hungarian Prime Min Viktor Orban in Budapest, says she will not supply weapons to Ukraine but stresses that Europe must stand united against Russian aggression. MORE

Feb. 1, 2015

Alessandra Stanley travel article on journey to Berlin highlights elements of both city's dark past and its vibrant present. MORE

Jan. 29, 2015

Leaders of German anti-immigrant group Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West, or Pegida, back away from their roles following resignation of group's founder; some analysts say that withdrawal signals likely end of group's influence. MORE

Jan. 26, 2015

Memo from Dresden; German leaders are starting to engage with demonstrators of anti-immigration movement in Dresden to hear grievances, but effort is being complicated by movement's roots and support from neo-Nazis and extremists. MORE

Jan. 24, 2015

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other political leaders in country react in restrained manner to European Central Bank's stimulus effort, signal of effectiveness of bank president Mario Draghi's persuasion and willingness to compromise; lack of forceful complaints suggests bond-buying program will not cause as large rift in eurozone as was initially feared. MORE

Jan. 23, 2015

Op-Ed article by German editor Anna Sauerbrey contends despite rise of anti-immigrant group Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West, Germany has reached liberal and culturally diverse high point; says rise of group has forced long overdue identity reckoning in Germany, and expresses confidence that country will not backslide into xenophobic past. MORE

Jan. 22, 2015

Lutz Bachmann, leader of German anti-immigrant group Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West, resigns following discovery that he posted online pictures of himself styled to look like Adolf Hitler; disclosure comes after Bachmann's denial of harboring any Nazi sympathies. MORE

Jan. 22, 2015

Robert Nitsch Eberhard, German man who was kidnapped by Boko Haram in Nigeria, arrives in Cameroon after being freed by militants. MORE

Jan. 20, 2015

Editorial welcomes preliminary ruling in German court that could end legal challenge and encourage European Central Bank to begin long-deferred bond-buying program; calls on bank president Mario Draghi to deliver on his promise that bank is willing to do anything necessary to alleviate Continent's lingering recession. MORE

Jan. 19, 2015

Rally organized by anti-immigration group Pegida in Dresden, Germany, is canceled after terrorist threat is leveled against movement's leader Lutz Bachmann; country is grappling with swelling anti-immigration and anti-Muslim sentiment. MORE

Jan. 17, 2015

Spate of arrests of terror suspects in Belgium, Germany and France both spotlights the difficulties European authorities face in confronting radical jihadists and their increasing willingness to act forcefully in advance to stop these potential threats. MORE

Jan. 16, 2015

Germany's gross domestic product increased by 0.25 in the fourth quarter of 2014, adding to annual growth rate of 1.5 percent; gains, spurred on by growth in consumer spending, are line with analyst expectations and could prefigure better-than-expected performance in 2015. MORE

Jan. 15, 2015

German police in city of Dresden are investigating murder of Eritrean migrant known as Khalid I, who was found stabbed to death. MORE

Jan. 15, 2015

European Central Bank faces challenge of how to conduct stimulus in form of quantitative easing after court opinion issued in lawsuit filed by German citizens seeking to block previous bond-buying program paves way for such action; analysts say Mario Draghi, bank's president, must show bank is dedicated to providing stimulus while avoiding political issues like Germany's opposition to any such program. MORE

Jan. 13, 2015

Foreign minister of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France meet in Berlin to negotiate solution to conflict in eastern Ukraine but achieve little in way of progress as both Ukraine and Russia raise new barriers to resolving crisis. MORE

Jan. 13, 2015

German pro-immigration groups and activists organize demonstrations in order to counter anti-immigration rallies held by group Pegida; despite their attempt, tens of thousands of demonstrators turn out in Dresden in support of Pegida, which some officials have accused of trying to exploit terrorist attack in Paris. MORE

Jan. 10, 2015

Saturday Profile of Mouhanad Khorchide, Islamic professor at University of Munster in Germany, who has emerged as part of nation’s effort to offer an alternative both to those who criticize and fear Islam and to Muslims seeking to practice their religion without extremes. MORE

Jan. 9, 2015

German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds firm on stance to keep sanctions against Russia in place despite calls from around Europe to lift or ease them; says in four months since Ukraine cease-fire Russia has not made any visible progress toward honoring Minsk accord. MORE

Jan. 8, 2015

German Chancellor Angela Merkel pays visit to British Prime Min David Cameron; leaders hope that visit will help mollify those in Cameron's party who are demanding that Great Britain exit from European Union. MORE

Jan. 8, 2015

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s web page is among at least three official websites locked by cyberattack; CyberBerkut, group demanding that Germany sever ties with Ukraine and halt financial and political support for government in Kiev, claims responsibility for shutting down chancellor's site and that of Germany's lower house of Parliament. MORE

Jan. 7, 2015

Increasing numbers of anti-immigrant demonstrators in Dresden, Germany, sparks both sides of immigration issue in Germany and restarts debate about national identity; protesters see egregious effect of foreigners, particularly Muslims, on society; academics say 'rift runs through society.' MORE

Jan. 7, 2015

Editorial argues that fact that 18,000 Germans attended anti-immigration rally held by group Pegida in Dresden underscores need for Germany and other European countries to integrate immigrants and to speak out against rise of racism and xenophobia; praises Chancellor Angela Merkel for taking strong stance against rallies and refusing to alter country's liberal immigration policies; suggests that European Union come up with common policy on asylum and immigration. MORE

Jan. 6, 2015

Anti-immigration protest held in Dresden, Germany, by group Pegida draws 18,000 people despite Chancellor Angela Merkel's request that public shun group and its rallies; much smaller protests also occur in Berlin and Cologne, but turnout shows challenge that anti-immigrant movement, which has strong anti-Muslim undercurrent, poses to leadership and Germans who object to its views. MORE

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Residents of Montabaur, Germany, were angry at the media’s intrusion while wrestling with how to react to the reality that one of their own may have deliberately steered 149 other people to their deaths.